"The Jiang family?" Shen Linzhou thought of Jiang Yan. Could they be related? "What's your relationship with Jiang Yan?"

Jiang Yan was taken aback: "You know me?"

Shen Linzhou: ?

Seeing this, Nan Yu grabbed Shen Linzhou's shoulder, tiptoed to his ear, and whispered while covering her mouth with her hand, "No, he seems to be Xiao Chuan's cousin. It's a coincidence. He's the one with the character for 'real estate' (产) on the bottom, not Jiang Yan's. He's Xiao Chuan's cousin."

It was emphasized twice.

Shen Linzhou nodded, having roughly understood. Xiao Chuan was the eldest grandson of the Xiao family, and his mother's surname was Jiang. The Xiao family owned a chain supermarket, and one of the shareholders was named Jiang Guo, who should be his father.

"The group you're referring to, is it Io supermarket?"

Jiang Yan deliberately emphasized: "Five thousand chain stores."

The Xiao family takes the lion's share, and the Jiang family is involved. The "super-rich delivery guy" persona is somewhat laughable. "So?"

"Having more friends means having more options; young people shouldn't narrow their path."

Jiang Yan put his hands in his pockets. Although he was not as tall as the other man, he had accumulated a lot of money. He smiled smugly and spoke in a tone that sounded like he was lecturing a junior.

If a supermarket earns 100,000 a year, that's 500 million; if it earns 1 million, that's 5 billion. It sounds incredibly wealthy. Dengxin hugged Shen Linzhou tightly, worried that if she didn't please Jiang Yan, he would cause trouble.

She tiptoed again and quietly asked, "Want to go eat?"

Shen Linzhou pulled his arm away, wrapped his arms around the boy's waist, and pulled him into his embrace. Inside the car, Shen Linlin's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. Had she seen wrong? Wasn't that person Guagua?

But why is my brother hugging her?

Could it be... my future sister-in-law?

After the New Year, Shen Linzhou will only be 20 years old. It's a bit early for the Shen family to be in a relationship now. Even if Shen Linzhou doesn't get married by the time he's 30, his father won't be in a hurry, given his looks and assets.

I started dating at 20.

Father Shen was truly puzzled.

Shen Linzhou gave a forced smile. "I'll invite two more friends. You don't mind, do you?"

Jiang Yanwei raised her chin slightly and scoffed, "Whatever."

Shen Linzhou sent a message in the group chat to Jiang Yan and Xiao Chuan, providing his location: "I'd like to treat you to dinner."

Xiao Chuan saw the message, had just started eating his steak, raised an eyebrow, and gestured for Jiang Yan to look at his phone. After Jiang Yan finished reading it, he frowned and asked, "What's he up to?"

"Could it be that they're helping Nan Yu shut us up?"

Jiang Yan was thinking about the lamp wick; he knew he had to go since they had made the appointment.

"Walk."

Xiao Chuan checked his location and found that Jiang Yan was nearby. Wasting food was shameful, so he finished his steak. Seeing that Jiang Yan hadn't touched it, he took the steak, cut it up, and stuffed it all into his mouth. Jiang Yan gave him a disgusted look.

"It's one thing to eat your own food, but you're eating mine too."

Xiao Chuan scoffed, pulled out a tissue to wipe his mouth, swallowed, and then said, "You didn't eat anything. Wasting food will make you a pig in your next life."

Jiang Yan: ...

Xiao Chuan picked up the clothes and pushed Jiang Yan, saying, "Let's go, let's go."

Private dining room.

They were led inside by the waiter. Shen Linzhou was pouring strawberry juice for Nan Yu. The two were very close. Jiang Yan had a gloomy face. Xiao Chuan stopped in his tracks when he saw his cousin.

His lips twitched; it seemed he wasn't trying to shut up.

What's going on?

Jiang Yan was also stunned.

The two looked at each other and went inside.

Jiang Yan: "..."

Nan Yu felt incredibly guilty upon seeing the two of them. He pressed his chair against Shen Linzhou's side, trying to bury his head in his chest. Shen Linzhou patted his shoulder, stood up, and greeted him:

"You're here. Your cousin's here, so I invited you all along too." He then looked at Jiang Yan, a half-smile on his face, and said, "It's fate that we met. Our surnames are similar, Jiang, don't you think?"

Jiang Yan's face turned green.

Jiang Yan, realizing something, frowned.

The atmosphere became awkward for no apparent reason.

Shen Linzhou smiled.

Xiao Chuan smoothed things over, urging Jiang Yan to sit down: "Sit down, sit down, let me see what you'd like to order." After looking around, he asked, "Who's treating?"

Shen Linzhou: "Your cousin."

Xiao Chuan looked at his cousin, Jiang Yan, who forced a smile and nodded: "If that's not enough, order more."

Xiao Chuan: "It's enough, but there's nothing I like to eat. Can I add two more dishes?"

Jiang Yan asked the waiter for the menu.

He stood up and poured wine, 53-proof pure white, and poured a glass for everyone, including Nan Yu. Jiang Yan picked up his glass and smiled: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Jiang Yan. I am Xiao Chuan's cousin. I am also familiar with Xiao Yu."

When Jiang Yan heard him call himself Jiang Yan, he looked constipated. Although they sounded the same but didn't use the same characters, Jiang Yan thought that Shen Linzhou was deliberately calling him to annoy him.

Jiang Yan then smiled and asked, "Is this friend also surnamed Jiang?"

Aside from Nan Yu, there wasn't a single person in this room he liked. Jiang Yan glanced at him, unable to stand it any longer, and said:

"You guys chat, I have to go first."

After finishing his drink, he nodded slightly to Jiang Yan.

We're not close, I can't stand it anymore, and they don't want to give me any face at all.

On the way, Jiang Yan met Shen Linzhou's gaze. Perhaps there was no emotion in the other's eyes, but Jiang Yan could tell that he was laughing at him. Nan Yu was still nestled beside him, and the more he looked, the angrier he became.

He left immediately, and he even tried to slam the door, but after all, it was someone else's event, and it wasn't him who had offended him.

Seeing Jiang Yan leave, Xiao Chuan thought, "..."

Turning to Jiang Yan, she said, "Don't mind my cousin. He's just like that. They're all my roommates. I didn't expect you to know Nan Yu."

Jiang Yan glanced at Nan Yu and saw that the 'girl' had caught his gaze and was hiding behind her boyfriend. He chuckled, "I know her. Xiao Yu also has a name, Guagua, right, Guagua?"

One or two of them secretly threatened him by saying he was wearing women's clothing.

Nan Yu was about to burst out.

Shen Linzhou picked up the strawberry juice and brought it to Deng Xin's lips, watching him drink it. He wiped away any spills for him, but spoke to Xiao Chuan instead:

"I haven't heard of Io changing directors. Xiao Chuan, your cousin said Io is the Jiang Group. Now that Jiang Yan is gone, if he hadn't left, do you think the Jiang Group's heir is Jiang Yan or Jiang Yan?"

Jiang Yan laughed: "Jiang Group is another project, and Io is Io. What, does that friend who just left also have a company in his family?"

Xiao Chuan frowned. What did his cousin say?

Io didn't have any group project to speak of. Because he was a relative and a shareholder, Xiao Chuan had to give him some face in public. But if he was going to talk nonsense and damage the company's interests, Xiao Chuan couldn't just sit idly by.

If it were just for showing off, Xiao Chuan would only secretly despise him in his heart, and wouldn't side with Shen Linzhou to confront Jiang Yan.

Xiao Chuan: "Yes, his family is in the internet business."

Jiang Yan didn't ask any more questions. He had only returned to China last year and didn't know much about domestic companies except for his own business. He preferred sleeping with women to managing the company.

Then the topic shifted to Nan Yu.

"Xiaoyu is also studying at Kyoto University?"

Jiang Yan guessed that they were all the same age.

Shen Linzhou: "I knew it was Mr. Jiang who was curious, but I didn't know he was asking so many questions so he could ambush people at the school in the future."

With Xiao Chuan present, Jiang Yan couldn't afford to be confrontational or act arrogant. He hadn't expected that the friends Shen Linzhou mentioned were the two of them, so he smiled nonchalantly.

He said to Nan Yu, "Guagua, after we finish eating, I'll go with you to buy a bag as an apology gift. You can choose whatever you like, up to a million."